As The Weinstein Company crawls out from under the financial woes that have plagued them over the last year or so, several completed films ended up being delayed, dumped or ignored by the studio. The feel-good sports drama, “Hurricane Season,” was dumped on DVD earlier this year much to the dismay of star Forest Whitaker who called it a “travesty.” The long ago completed, WWII Oscar bait drama “Shanghai” starring John Cusack, Franka Potente, Rinko Kikuchi, Chow Yun-Fat and Ken Watanabe is still without a release, while the ripped-from-the-headlines drama “All Good Things” starring Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst, has been collecting dust for nearly two years.
Well, it looks like we’re one step closer to finally seeing “All Good Things” as director Andrew Jarecki has purchased the film back from The Weinstein Company and is looking to get a deal with another distributor in place. While The Weinstein Company have retained international rights on the film, Jarecki is free to pursue a deal for U.S. distribution and has pay TV rights as well.
In case you’ve forgotten, the film is “inspired by the true story of Robert Durst, the scion of a wealthy New York family who was acquitted of killing his neighbor and whose first wife vanished into thin air.” The true story of Robert Durst is ripe with bizarro details — he dressed as a woman, while a fugitive from justice he was arrested trying to steal a sandwich even though he had $500 in his pocket — that are too much to detail here, but this extensive summary of his life is definitely worth a read. Jarecki, who brought an incredible amount of research to his breakthrough documentary “Capturing The Friedmans,” is said to have brought his same eye to detail here.
While the film has been surrounded by rumors that it’s a stinker, its hard not to believe it’s largely due to the continual shifting in release dates and subsequent negative buzz that usually follows. Gosling is usually always worth watching, and we’re curious to see him tackle someone as bizarre as Durst. While a deal with a new distributor is yet to be struck, we hope one gets in place soon and that we get to see the film sometime this year.
